1 | Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is a Boston-area author and well known writer of thriller novels, several of which have been adapted into film. He's also written for ''Series/TheWire'', and in fact he was the one to write Omar Little's death scene, specifically because no one else wanted to do it. |
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3 | [[folder:His works include]] |
4 | * The Kenzie and Gennaro series |
5 | ** ''A Drink Before the War'' (1994) |
6 | ** ''Darkness, Take My Hand'' (1996) |
7 | ** ''Sacred'' (1997) |
8 | ** ''Gone Baby Gone'' (1998) adapted into a film directed by Creator/BenAffleck in 2007. |
9 | ** ''Prayers for Rain'' (1999) |
10 | ** ''Moonlight Mile'' (2010) |
11 | * The Coughlin Trilogy |
12 | ** ''The Given Day'' (2008) |
13 | ** ''Live By Night'' (2012) adapted into [[Film/LiveByNight a film]] with Creator/BenAffleck released in January of 2017. |
14 | ** ''World Gone By'' (2015) |
15 | * Other books |
16 | ** ''Mystic River'' (2001) adapted into a film directed by Creator/ClintEastwood in 2003. |
17 | ** ''Shutter Island'' (2003) adapted into a film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese in 2010. |
18 | ** ''Coronado: Stories'' (2006) |
19 | ** ''The Drop'' (2014) screenwriter, based on his short story "Animal Rescue" and made into a film with Creator/TomHardy. |
20 | ** ''Since We Fell'' (2017) |
21 | * Television |
22 | ** ''Series/TheWire''. Writer of three episodes and a CreatorCameo. |
23 | ** ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', where he appears AsHimself several times. |
24 | ** ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as a creative consultant starting in season 4. |
25 | *** ''Series/{{Blackbird}}'' as the show runner and developer |
26 | [[/folder]] |
27 | ---- |
28 | !!Works by Dennis Lehane with their own pages: |
29 | |
30 | [[index]] |
31 | * The ''Literature/KenzieAndGennaroSeries'' |
32 | ** ''Literature/GoneBabyGone'' |
33 | * Coughlin Trilogy |
34 | ** ''Literature/TheGivenDay'' |
35 | ** ''Literature/LiveByNight'' |
36 | ** ''Literature/WorldGoneBy'' |
37 | * ''Literature/MysticRiver'' |
38 | * ''Literature/ShutterIsland'' |
39 | * ''Series/{{Blackbird}}'' |
40 | [[/index]] |
41 | |
42 | !!Other works by Dennis Lehane contain examples of: |
43 | |
44 | * ConfrontingYourImposter: In the short story "Animal Rescue", a small-time thug had a scary reputation based on the rumor that he'd killed a fellow named Richie Whelan a few years back. The police never pinned it on him, but he used this to intimidate people ... until he tried to push around [[spoiler:the main character]], one of the guys who ''really'' murdered Richie Whelan. Oops. |
45 | * CorporateSamurai: The hitman Kinneavy in the short story "The Consumers", who has enough of a code that, when he's hired by a trophy wife to kill her abusive CorruptCorporateExecutive husband, [[spoiler:kills his client afterwards as well simply because her willingness to enjoy the financial benefits of his business practices disgusts him]]. |
46 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: He's been mistakenly referred to as the author of several different Boston-based stories, including ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown,'' by both the media and people who actually live in Boston. He's mentioned that sometimes he corrects them, [[SureLetsGoWithThat other times he doesn't.]] |
47 | * CreatorProvincialism: A great many of his novels are set in his hometown of Boston. |
48 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Heavy'' on the cynical side, but not completely dark. |
49 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Several characters are based on real people. |
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